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Marek Stibal is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with emphases on Atmospheric Science and Ecology. The scientist's work spans diverse subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Anthropology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research topics covered by Marek Stibal include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

Recent publications by Marek Stibal and closely associated authors illustrate key areas of their scientific contributions. Notable papers include:

  • Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Enhanced trace element mobilization by Earth's ice sheets, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cryoconite - From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Glacier Outflow Dissolved Organic Matter as a Window Into Seasonally Changing Carbon Sources: Leverett Glacier, Greenland, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Marek Stibal's frequent co-authors include Tyler J. Kohler, Jon Hawkings, Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon, Jemma L. Wadham, and Karen A. Cameron. This indicates a collaborative research environment spanning multiple expertise areas related to cryospheric and environmental studies.

The scientist's works have been published in a variety of scientific venues, highlighting a concentration in both multidisciplinary and specialized journals. These venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Microbial Assemblages in Soil Microbial Succession After Glacial Retreat in Svalbard (High Arctic)

    Klára Kaštovská;Josef Elster;Josef Elster;Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Hana Šantrůčková

  • Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.

    Marian L Yallop;Alexandre M B Anesio;Rupert G Perkins;J Cook

  • Biological processes on glacier and ice sheet surfaces

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Marie Šabacká;Marie Šabacká;Jakub Žárský

  • Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica

    J. L. Wadham;S. Arndt;S. Arndt;S. Tulaczyk;M. Stibal

  • Microbial communities on glacier surfaces in Svalbard: impact of physical and chemical properties on abundance and structure of cyanobacteria and algae.

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Marie Šabacká;Marie Šabacká;Klára Kaštovská

  • Microbial primary production on an Arctic glacier is insignificant in comparison with allochthonous organic carbon input

    Marek Stibal;Martyn Tranter;Liane G. Benning;Josef Řehák

  • Greenland Ice Sheet exports labile organic carbon to the Arctic oceans

    Emily C. Lawson;Emily C. Lawson;Jemma L. Wadham;Martyn Tranter;Marek Stibal

  • Algae Drive Enhanced Darkening of Bare Ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Jason E. Box;Karen A. Cameron;Karen A. Cameron;Peter L. Langen

  • Distinct summer and winter bacterial communities in the active layer of Svalbard permafrost revealed by DNA- and RNA-based analyses

    Morten Schostag;Morten Schostag;Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Carsten S. Jacobsen;Carsten S. Jacobsen;Carsten S. Jacobsen;Jacob Bælum

  • Methanogenic potential of Arctic and Antarctic subglacial environments with contrasting organic carbon sources

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Jemma L. Wadham;Grzegorz P. Lis;Jon Telling

  • Seasonal and diel changes in photosynthetic activity of the snow alga Chlamydomonas nivalis (Chlorophyceae) from Svalbard determined by pulse amplitude modulation fluorometry.

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Josef Elster;Josef Elster;Marie Šabacká;Marie Šabacká;Klára Kaštovská

  • Microbial community structure and ecology of subglacial sediments in two polythermal Svalbard glaciers characterized by epifluorescence microscopy and PLFA

    Klára Kaštovská;Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Marie Šabacká;Marie Šabacká;Barbora Černá

  • Greenland melt drives continuous export of methane from the ice-sheet bed

    Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon;Jemma Louise Wadham;Barbara Sherwood Lollar;Sandra Arndt

  • Dark zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet controlled by distributed biologically-active impurities.

    Jonathan C. Ryan;Jonathan C. Ryan;Jonathan C. Ryan;Alun Lloyd Hubbard;Alun Lloyd Hubbard;Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Tristam D. Irvine-Fynn

  • Environmental Controls on Microbial Abundance and Activity on the Greenland Ice Sheet: A Multivariate Analysis Approach

    Marek Stibal;Jon Telling;Joe Cook;Ka Man Mak

  • Coupled cryoconite ecosystem structure-function relationships are revealed by comparing bacterial communities in alpine and Arctic glaciers.

    Arwyn Edwards;Luis A.J. Mur;Susan E. Girdwood;Alexandre M. Anesio

  • Different bulk and active bacterial communities in cryoconite from the margin and interior of the Greenland ice sheet.

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Morten Schostag;Karen A. Cameron;Karen A. Cameron;Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

  • Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces

    Piotr Rozwalak;Paweł Podkowa;Jakub Buda;Przemysław Niedzielski

  • Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat.

    Marek Stibal;James A. Bradley;Arwyn Edwards;Scott Hotaling

  • Microbial nitrogen cycling on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Jon P Telling;Marek Stibal;Alexandre M B Anesio;Martyn Tranter

  • Laboratory investigation of inorganic carbon uptake by cryoconite debris from Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard

    Marek Stibal;Martyn Tranter

  • Glacier algae: a dark past and a darker future

    Christopher J Williamson;Karen A Cameron;Joseph M Cook;Jakub D Zarsky

  • Organic matter content and quality in supraglacial debris across the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

    Marek Stibal;Emily C. Lawson;Grzegorz P. Lis;Ka Man Mak

Frequent Co-Authors

Jemma L. Wadham
Jemma L. Wadham University of Bristol
Carsten S. Jacobsen
Carsten S. Jacobsen Aarhus University
Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Alexandre M. Anesio
Alexandre M. Anesio Aarhus University
Alun Hubbard
Alun Hubbard University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Andy Hodson
Andy Hodson University Centre in Svalbard
Tristram Irvine-Fynn
Tristram Irvine-Fynn Aberystwyth University
Robert G. M. Spencer
Robert G. M. Spencer Florida State University
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen University of Copenhagen

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